Balanced Gaming Build for the Next 4-5 Years

Vayra86 · 2025-02-13T18:45:52+0000

SirKeldon said:
I will investigate then, thanks again. Mine is already curved, the LG34WNC80B, so it wouldn't be a problem. I was really into IPS due to the angle stuff and accuracy as you mention, but if that improved on VA, why not test or at least read/lurk some reviews. Honestly I always hated the "grey" mess and the lottery on the light fugues with IPS, but till now the other advantages did the trade-off. I'll have to look up for models that comply with the input needs I have. My GF is gonna hate me lol.

There is also OLED, but then you're looking at 3x the price tag of a midrange VA UW. Definitely worth looking into yes. The deeper blacks are amazing esp for gaming.

AusWolf · 2025-02-13T18:54:11+0000

SirKeldon said:
the boards can "emulate" X3D mode as far as I've seen with mine, didn't test it yet,

What does that mean? X3D is not a "mode", it's physical cache. It cannot be emulated.

Vayra86 · 2025-02-13T18:55:11+0000

AusWolf said:
What does that mean? X3D is not a "mode", it's physical cache. It cannot be emulated.

Perhaps its a single CCD mode

AusWolf · 2025-02-13T18:55:50+0000

Vayra86 said:
Perhaps its a single CCD mode

But @SirKeldon has a 9700X, it's already single CCD.

Vayra86 said:
There is also OLED, but then you're looking at 3x the price tag of a midrange VA UW. Definitely worth looking into yes. The deeper blacks are amazing esp for gaming.

Each to their own - I'm against OLED. It burns in, which limits its lifespan. A monitor should last for a lifetime in my opinion. You don't see those amazing blacks in a movie or game anyway.

phanbuey · 2025-02-13T19:14:52+0000

4-5 years is a long time for a gaming rig with no upgrades - you may want to start now with a 9600/9700x and a mid range gpu and then plan on upgrading again in 2-3 years on the same platform (AM5).

If you did that 5 years ago you would have like a 5600x and a 2060 8GB now...

SirKeldon · 2025-02-13T19:39:11+0000

AusWolf said:
What does that mean? X3D is not a "mode", it's physical cache. It cannot be emulated.

It's something I noticed when I updated the BIOS to the last one, on the easy mode it appears a button referring to this: https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2235, it appears of an X3D-boost-alike but also available for non X3D CPU's

Vayra86 said:
There is also OLED, but then you're looking at 3x the price tag of a midrange VA UW. Definitely worth looking into yes. The deeper blacks are amazing esp for gaming.

Yeah, OLED is really gorgeous, I experience it on the MBP and iPhone and looking at the blacks is "oh boy, you can feel it here", but price is really high; for a TV yes, for a monitor, I don't know yet, specially with all the VA benefits you mentioned.

phanbuey said:
4-5 years is a long time for a gaming rig with no upgrades - you may want to start now with a 9600/9700x and a mid range gpu and then plan on upgrading again in 2-3 years on the same platform (AM5).

If you did that 5 years ago you would have like a 5600x and a 2060 8GB now...

Yeah, I totally get that, but I think it can really support almost 3-4 years w/o issue, though 2028 could be a good year to upgrade the CPU if needed, and maybe if I did find some issues for particular games, also upgrade GPU to whatever is best for that moment. And maybe I could get even more than those 5 years with a couple of swaps. Btw, if you look at the specs, a 9700x and a 7800XT is what I got

AusWolf · 2025-02-13T21:03:40+0000

SirKeldon said:
It's something I noticed when I updated the BIOS to the last one, on the easy mode it appears a button referring to this: https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2235, it appears of an X3D-boost-alike but also available for non X3D CPU's

Ah, that's basically a one-click overclock / power tuning button. It doesn't "emulate cache".

SirKeldon · 2025-02-13T21:08:15+0000

AusWolf said:
Ah, that's basically a one-click overclock / power tuning button. It doesn't "emulate cache".

Yeah, it's kinda a boost related with CCD stuff/optimization, at least in the first place (which I don't know anything about yet, watching a video right now) as you and Vayra were mentioning, I think I really misused the word "emulate" in that case, my bad!

AusWolf · 2025-02-13T21:09:17+0000

SirKeldon said:
Yeah, it's kinda a boost related with CCD stuff/optimization, at least in the first place (which I don't know anything about yet, watching a video right now) as you and Vayra were mentioning, I think I really misused the word "emulate" in that case, my bad!

Nah, Gigabyte misused the word X3D tuning.

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